Biden in first call with China’s Xi raises human rights, trade
AP Joe Biden had his first call as president with Xi Jinping, pressing the Chinese leader about trade and Beijing’s crackdown on democracy activists in Hong Kong as well as other human rights concerns. The two leaders spoke Wednesday just hours after Biden announced plans for a Pentagon task force to review US national security strategy […]
Mass surveillance fears as India readies facial recognition system
New Delhi, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation As India prepares to install a nationwide facial recognition system in an effort to catch criminals and find missing children, human rights and technology experts on Thursday warned of the risks to privacy and from increased surveillance. Use of the camera technology is an effort in “modernising the police force, […]
ESSAY: PRIVACY IS THE FUTURE? NOT ON LONDON’S TRAINS
Writing from London, MAL FLETCHER looks at how a decision by transport authorities in London raises questions over the future of privacy…